New Delhi: In a very unfortunate accident, a teenaged boy from Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district was burnt to death after coming in contact with high-tension overhead wires while taking selfies atop a goods train. According to an RPF official, the incident happened on Sunday at the Mael railway station.

The boy, hailing from Chitarpur in Rajrappa police station area, had visited the railway station with a friend to while away time when he saw a stationary goods train and climbed it to click selfies, RPF Inspector at Muri Junction, R K Tiwari, said.

While clicking selfies, he came in contact with overhead wires and was burnt to death, he said. His body was handed over to his family after a post- mortem examination, the RPF officer added.

In yet another selfie incident, a woman from Odisha died after after she fell into a river near Kanakunda while trying to click a selfie. The incident took place on January 3 near Kanakund, a popular picnic spot in the Sundargarh district of Odisha and a video of the incident has gone viral all over the internet.

In the video, the woman, Nirupama Prajapati, was seen standing on a stone in the river bed while clicking selfies in various postures and within seconds she lost her balance and fell into the river.

We at India.com strongly advice our readers to be careful while taking selfies and put caution first.